our class runneth over:

wut up.

So--in the future, I'll keep a stricter eye on the clock.  In the present, I will post this, the writing exercise:

Part one:

List all the details you can think of about the room in which you spend most/much of your time.

Part two:

Think of a random event, something from the past day or two, that occurred in the room in which you spend your time--an exchange between friends, something you observed, something you were involved in--and write that scene in *present tense*.  Weave in detail from your list above.  What makes it in?  What doesn't?  How are you revealing detail through scene?

Back to other stuff:

Ok--remember your alternate assignment on Thursday; also remember: no class on Thursday.  And remember to please *type* your responses to Sam's, Mady's, and Chelsea's essays and have them ready to hand in to me on Tuesday.

OH: a note on the responses--remember to begin your responses positively.  If you're following the model I posted here (wherein it asks you to explain what you think the essay is about), mention the positives right after that first question.  If you're following your own model--which is fine--PLEASE remember to begin the comments with what you think is *working* with the piece.  Extend this courtesy, and I promise you'll be happy you did so when you get your classmates' responses to your own work.

Rock on with the Didion, folks--y'all had some very smart things to say about her.